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SINGAPORE: Three women scientists in Singapore have been honoured for their research work.
They have received the first ever L'Oreal Singapore For Women in Science National Fellowships.
Among the recipients is 25-year-old Dr Melissa Fullwood.
She is interested in cancer research and the development of treatments.
Dr Fullwood is a post-doctoral researcher at the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School.
Awards were also given out to 27-year-old Le Thi Nguyet Minh, researcher at the Genome Institute of Singapore, as well as 35-year-old Dr Lam Yeng Ming, who is an Associate Professor at the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University.
The National Fellowships were initiated by beauty giant L'Oreal, with the support of UNESCO.
They are part of a larger international award programme which is widely regarded as the Nobel Prize for women.
Five international laureates are selected every year, one from each continent, since 1998.
Below that, International Fellowships are given to women scientists to do research outside of their home countries.
National Fellowships are awarded to recipients doing scientific research in their own countries.
The National Fellowship programme has benefited over 500 women researchers in 43 countries.
The recipients were selected by a panel of well-known scientists from different fields.
Each of the winners receives S$20,000 to support their research work.
Dr Lam Yeng Ming, award recipient, Women in Science National Fellowship, said: "As a researcher you need quite a substantial amount of support to travel to labs and interact with other people. This award gives me an opportunity to go to a foreign lab for inter-action and to bring my students along so that they get exposed to international labs as well."
Professor Leo Tan, jury president, Women in Science National Fellowship, said: "This recognition by L'Oreal will go a long way in encouraging women to take up careers if for those who are hesitant, this may be an incentive. For those who are already there, it gives them a greater impetus to want to do even more." CNA/vm
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